Cycle steering attachment.



Patented June 19, 1917.

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AT'YORNIY m w w W. SCHRIVER. CYCLE STEERING ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED FEB: 2, um.

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a a sw e w PF m et nfi 'Ap'piieatie'ii mme 2451f, s'er'iai tiue ita e it known: fthat I, Wmm Somme,

'Jk lt itizen of tl'iiiUnitedStateS, residing at ul lm yt'vje ientgj Steering AL i hmmsg-eiiw i nation."

10 I qrh egpeeiallyito :mean's f or autematibally ",i-nylehendithe like, by holding'the' *gforlt" niovemn t.

The

I -1n'g, '1 ,Ofi the handle-bite, i l f f-" when the-:maehinel iflaid'up against a wall, rtljeefbozq, or the 'like, it will" net-be soreadi'ly 1ictefl. upon by a: mum; hf wind which free r quhxitly' causes-it to'i'tqQple overtp the in;-

of them'achine' nickeling ei- ""paintiil'g if it bidyc 115d tr, theysteering mechanism'of a ma=..

' with fitomwheelethan two, such as ite, construetion Ethel-etc cation of i this inventie One ehject of the li-nven one point te'thefmmeg ofany sl iiteblel nachine, and carrying nieanea'ft another point blip; f

spring may be attached tb't I 4 Anq'ther objeet of the ifiyentiomie to p170- ,dlice inhans-in a clip having; ti'figibolts where? a of endftightens the parts bf the clip at one point "and the .o'thei? tightene the parts at fother.

. accompanying drawings yiherein h Ch the following-is a speei v t i l oek for' thebotherr jlflfisn infention rel eves t velOQ'lPQdes; and

. f fet'ijimzf the ,et'eering. wheelsof bicycles;-

yieldingly infsuch pdsitien relatlve to ifihqffi'ame' that-the axle of the steering wheel Mill-"be .trans yense to, the @proposed line ve1? I obje et, oi the invn-tienj'isute mew hanieall yhenter-the steei ing wheel on'the ine of pibgi ess, -e0 that the rider need give lse ett'e' 'tibh 'te his machine When-proceed:

' ea "endmey-teke his haxids [i51 i rfefiu e en imp'rpved ifonn of clip for. attachment at;

;whereby"some additionali megiber such as a' a another point, whereby the nht of-ene bolt yill'aet as'a nl t l ock forfthe'nut of the iOthei-objectlsivill abpfei m3 follp w-l ing epecifieation, reference-beinghad tothe v of a bicycle with my improvement applied,

iiigliie 1" is .sikie'telenation an m-0n impnovehientbn attachment; alone-,0 v 1 I Fig. 3 is 'a'iyetufurther enlarg'edl erspective detail "efthe clip fono'ne of t 1e. fork- V arms 'she'wi-ng how one; nut' actsJ-es a nut I 1 In the drawings 'the the framework. at; e -.:biycle', in "-who'se had is jpurnaledt'hestem-bf thefbrkhejwingn two arms; A, and S is the ordinanyLhandleg bar 01'v steering mechanism: Substantially --thevsame structure" is ioHo'wediinI motor cyclesyand my invention as described :imd' ;-sho,wn herei'mi s adaptedvthereto altheu'ghi of course by slight modifieatiene .it:{couldbe ap plied te the steeringmechnnism of mobile-6r a tni-cycle. x 1-. a j Coming new to; thefdetails o" N Yen'- T tion itself, asj'h'est seenin Eigsl-ahnd :3; :th'e

ya 'pai r (iii-"single clips a for attachmentre-l .spect1ve1y te the amns.-o f1thefim:k Awe-f t 1 machi e-1am a epitingn'cbnnecting-Jpaehzex a .jtrexnity 10f the .clouble -ibl'ipuw-i h ione' z ftg hgl ngle double' 'clip iegtened ltb "the; frame'fl t a;

clip's' uret ane-tu e funk aimsjal dfltheg;

point on the latter, {the spring lamipnt hnbalance; "ea'eh; ether; andf'tend hn'prm'elly to llqwg the machine steel-itself; althpugh slightly to and in. w ll known mime-ref.

a the inventipn becomes z'l. centering device item with. theline of'mb'vement. The l the seieral clips will probably be lined with will prevent the metellie pai'te from ing' the nickel or paint ofthem chine but this net hefamplified. 4

Referring'now more espeqiellyte. Fig:

" egaml e lim 2 of strap metal and tvto bolts efbo'dy eachzelip (1- comprises a; single -bodg hmemben .100 holdingithe steering wheel "normally-dined 5 oops'of .mem berfis looped at aboutthe center of its are-brought'to 5 throu h length as indicated,ibeyond which its parts ther in a long arm 1 anda short arm 2, p 1erce'd with registering holes which passesa bolt 3 having a nut 4. -'T e ends of thearms' are turned Into feet 5 andfi-spacedsli'ghtly from each other,

standingflat-nght angles'to the'leii gth ofthe.

ierced with registering holes arms, and throu h which passesfa' bolt 7. having a Iiut 8. The latter when in place liesin con- :tact with the. short arm 2 which serves "as a "nutlock therefor. The proportion :and disposition oiparts are such that when the bolts are applied as seen in this view,'one

I bolt passes through thearrns with its threaded end underlyin 'bolt passes-throng the feet with its threadlock for the other." In other words the operation of connecting the parts will be to -f hold each nutwhile, the body of ithe'bolt and the nut; Finally there is helical spring 1'0havi-n'g one end coped into 'las t-named bolt betweenvthevfe I construction -revails in. connection with the fed end directed toward the-threadedjendof the first bolt, and when the two fastening devices are put. in place, on'eserves a nut is screwed through theregistering openings rovided a o other single c ip.

Referringv now more particularly to Fig;

' :2, thedo'uble' clip ismade up ofitwo mem 4o 'passest e shan a "bers of strap, metal each of which is arched H eye which surrounds the; frame F, andtojelther side of the eye the construction is the 'saine as that above described. That is to ,at its-miiilengthto produce one half of the so, there arefltwo ove l ing arms op ei d 'eterin o eni y y n there. are

- two right-angular feet pierced with regis-- i in of the helical spring 10 andjthe nut-of one bolt actin other if;

each-other,

of nings through which passes the 'o the other bolt, this shank receivin' a-second loop or eye 12 at the opposite end sha for the nut Here'again the application of parts must -be such that the nuts are held while the bolts are rotated; and for this head of each bolt is preferab with" a screw-driver nick-as shown, In the the feet and the otherv ends of jdevice throu h in-gas a nut ock for th'e other device.

2. A clip of theclass'described comprisparallel arms projecting there'- ns p, frornand overlapped and pierced with reg through which d as a, nutfl forthe nut of-vthe 'ey aregdisposed' close enough to or perhaps the threaded of I the bolt throughthe fe t acting as i nut 10 01; onthe other bolt as illustrated.

' urp'ose the y provided use of this device, the {arts are applied as indicatedin Fig. 1,'an 'the'eyes at the exich pass throughlthem, so

work successfully is claimed as new is I 1. A clip of he class described compri's- .ing a' loop, parallel arms projecting thererom and overlapped. and pierced with regother and pierced with registering holes;

istering'holes, right-angular'feet' at the outer I said arms also overlapping eachand. independent fastening idfi jices for. the.

arms and the feet each including a thread-- ed member passing 'throughapair of said holes and-a nutthereon, the innerarrns'ervmg asa lock for the nut of the fastening the feet and said device servi'stering" holes, angular feet atf'the outer ends of said arms also overlappingfleachother and, pierced passing through 'a' p'm-t of said holes and having a n1it,"the inner arm serving as a lock'for the nut of the fastening device through the .feet

and the bolt of sai device serving as a lock 'for the nut of the other device. I

In testirnon'v hereof 'I afiizemy signa-. j

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L IAMS HRIY '85 with-registering'holes, and inependentrfastening devices for the arms and the feet, -each including a bolt 

